Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter445A Water Controls |
MINING FACILITIES |
Operation and Design of Facilities |
NAC445A.444. Examples of planned and unplanned temporary closures.
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1. The following are examples of planned temporary closures which have specific conditions defining their beginning and end:
(a) Seasonal closures because of normal weather cycles.
(b) Interruptions in the active beneficiation processes to provide planned periods of quiescence for metallurgical or operating reasons.
(c) Any other planned process condition which will interrupt the active beneficiation process.
2. The following are examples of unplanned temporary closures:
(a) A closure because of unforeseen weather events.
(b) A failure in a major system component or a process failure which causes the fluid management system or a portion thereof to shut down.
(c) The discontinuation of a facility’s operations because of litigation.
(Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 9-1-89)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 445.24382)